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Claude Opus 5.5

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  1. sailingparrot · · focus · HN ↗
    > Claude Opus 5.5 is our first release since we called for pacing the frontier.

    Interesting how the very first line is used to remind the reader of their call to pace the frontier just last week, and everything else after that line is to demonstrate with very specific numbers how they absolutely are not pacing.

    1. qgin · · focus · HN ↗
      This IS pacing. Nobody said pacing would mean slow.

      Pacing is very explicitly about RSI and similar training methods that will accelerate progress beyond our ability to comprehend it.

      1. 2001zhaozhao · · focus · HN ↗
        ^ This. Progress will accelerate even in a "slowdown" because the slowdown simply reduces the rate of AI progress from extremely fast to merely fast.

        For an idea of what a serious AI forecaster expects a coordinated AI slowdown to be feel like for the average citizen, see:

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ai-2040.com&#x2F;?choices=plan-a-root#playbook-public-pov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ai-2040.com&#x2F;?choices=plan-a-root#playbook-public-pov

        1. bonestamp2 · · focus · HN ↗
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